Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:50 AM EDT on July 9, 2018
- Uber Launches PR Offensive Against Minimum Wage for Drivers (News)
- Bushwick Demands Justice for Luz Gonzalez (Bklyn Paper)
- City Orders Illegal Bushwick Parking Lot Shut Down, Too Late for Luz (ABC 7)
- Hit a Human Being With Your Car? Not Your Fault. Hit a Car With Your Fist? NYPD’s on the Case. (News)
- Woman Critically Injures Man With Her SUV on 127th and Flees (Post)
- Hot Car Complaints Have Nearly Doubled This Year (Post, WNYC)
- Sarah Kaufman: Make Room for Scooters on NYC Streets (News)
- De Blasio’s “Congestion Plan” Is Going Great (TL)
- Pedestrian-Friendly Sidewalk Sheds Finally Have a Toehold in the Market (Crain’s)
- You Can Dump Anything in the Street as Long as It’s Inside a Car (Bklyn Paper)
- Come and Get This Easy Money (Post 1, 2)
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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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